Neelam

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Neelam: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Neelam: Recorded since 1996, it reached #615 in 1999, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#615highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#643
1997	#638
1998	#701
1999	#615
2000	#876
2001	#1107
2002	#1317
2003	#1269
2004	#1535
2005	#3382
2006	#2509
2007	#2895
2008	#2150
2009	#4564
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2013	#4050
2017	#4763
2022	#5669
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #643 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #615 among girls in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Neelam by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Neelam in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	152	4 of 10	38
2000sbusiest	124	10 of 10	12
2010s	20	5 of 10	4
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Neelam appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #615 in England and Wales in 1999.

Neelam's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1269	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1317	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#876	25	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#615	42	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#701	34	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#638	39	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#643	37	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #615, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 42 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
42births registered in its largest year, 199925 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Neel · #698, 29y
Neela · #862, 20y
Neev · #1343, 19y
Neeva · #1785, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Arissa · #614, 20y
Mabli · #620, 25y
Aroush · #624, 20y
Marlow · #625, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Flinn · #615, 18y
Maaz · #615, 26y
Mariyah · #615, 29y
Shani · #615, 29y

Neelam was ranked #615 in England and Wales · Girls in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Neelam and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Neelam without appearing here.

Neelam moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4763 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Neelam

Ezra Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #1411.
Luca Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2150 and #2721 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2019.
Yvonne Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2150 and #2292 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2019.
Ada Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1535 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #951.

Moved the opposite way to Neelam

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neelam went from #643 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neelam went from #643 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neelam went from #643 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neelam went from #643 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Neelam

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neelam went from #643 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neelam went from #643 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neelam went from #643 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neelam went from #643 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #615 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Neelam

Neelam at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Neelam by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Neelam at a glance

Neelam by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Neelam

Neelam and the names beside it

Neelam moved ahead of

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